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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 1995 <br />Mr. Cross -Schmitz said if this project is the "platform" for the <br />entire development, how can there be development without his or <br />Mr. Caine's land since their land cuts the proposed total <br />development in half and neither his or Mr. Caine's land is for <br />sale. He asked what is the sense of putting a little "island of <br />homes out there" when it can go nowhere. Mayor Reinert said that <br />the long term proposal is not under consideration this evening <br />and nobody can answer this question. Mr. Cross -Schmitz asked how <br />can the City ignore the fact that the development will not go <br />beyond 153 homes. Mayor Reinert said the City has faced this <br />situation before and things do change over years. <br />Mr. Brixius explained that it is not unusual for any community to <br />ask for a sketch plan for the balance of the area surrounding a <br />proposed development. The area proposed for development is all <br />within the MUSA area and has capabilities for development. This <br />does not mandate that the Caine property or the Cross -Schmitz <br />property develop. It is not unusual for a community for planning <br />purposes to look at the areas beyond the original plat to see how <br />access and other lot arrangements will work out in the area. In <br />addition, staff is looking at expansion northward with uses other <br />than residential if utilities become available to the <br />interchange. Therefore, it will not be an "island" of homes. <br />Mayor Reinert said he heard the comment tonight that this City <br />does not plan and challenged this since the Council has been told <br />many times by people outside of the community that Lino Lakes is <br />one of the best planned communities in the northern suburb. <br />Karen Cunningham, 2310 Cedar Street explained that she owns the <br />horse stables east of the proposed subdivision. She said she has <br />been hearing a lot about Tart Lake and went to her grandfather <br />and other older neighbors to find out what that was. Ms. <br />Cunningham wanted to know why people are saying that her pasture <br />will be turned into a lake and will get a lot of the drainage <br />from the subdivision. She noted that she had talked to Kate <br />Drury at the Rice Creek Watershed District and was told by Ms. <br />Drury that the amount of drainage and the rate of runoff cannot <br />increase because of this housing development. Mrs. Cunningham <br />asked if the rate of runoff cannot increase, why would her land <br />get any wetter than it already is? She noted that she has horses <br />on this property and there is no water. Mr. Powell explained <br />that the runoff from the development would be limited to the pre - <br />development conditions. The total amount of runoff that <br />ultimately leaves the site and goes down stream would increase <br />because some of that flow will be detained in ponds. Pete <br />Willenbring, the engineer who prepared the Clearwater Creek <br />Drainage Study was asked specifically how will the wetland <br />adjacent to the Cunningham's property be affected by the <br />development of the proposed subdivision and will the water level <br />PAGE 27 <br />